Toilet-to-tap: Gross to think about, but how does it taste?

Toilet-to-tap: Gross to think about, but how does it taste?

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, recently published a study of recycled wastewater that did not focus on its safety-which has long been established-but rather its taste.
After years of drought, the notion of drinking recycled wastewater has gained momentum in California. Thoughts turned to all the water being discarded — to supplementing “conventional” groundwater with recycled water.
But consumers were quick to flag the euphemism of “recycled.” Some have even branded the technology “toilet to tap.”
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